DEA Head Warns of Alarming Increase in Overdoses from Synthetic Drugs
Synthetic designer drugs are causing an alarming number of overdoses, especially among young people, DEA head Chuck Rosenberg told a U.S. Senate Committee.
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Across the Country, the Federal Designer-Drug Crackdown Takes Prisoners, Cash, and a Legal Backlash
By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE –– Dev Bahadur Hamal worked behind the counter of the Tobacco Stop in Bel Air, one of those ubiquitous shops that sell legal smokables and accessories for illegal ones, like bongs, hookahs, rolling papers, pot grinders, and glass pipes. On Sept. 22, 2011, a customer stepped up to the…
DEA Launches ‘Largest’ Ever Worldwide Crackdown on Synthetic Drugs
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA has launched what it calls its “largest ever” crackdown on synthetic drugs, arresting more than 150 people in 49 cities and five countries, the U.S. News & World Report writes. The bust is good news for authorities who have seen the devastating impact of designer synthetic drugs, which often are…
Ross Parker: DEA Responds Rapidly to Chinese Chemists and Designer Drugs
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com In my two-part series I recently noted how rapidly Chinese chemists can react once one of their designer drugs is made illegal. They…
Part 2: What We Can Do to Confront the Threat of New Designer Drugs from China
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. This is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part, click here. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Part one of this report discussed the…
Part 2: What We Can Do to Confront the Threat of New Designer Drugs from China
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. This is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part, click here. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Part one of this report discussed the…
First of 2 Parts: China Exports Deadly New Designer Drugs for American Teens
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Cyber information is not the only thing the Chinese are stealing from the United States. A new generation of synthetic designer drugs is…